re: Is Brees really worth the money he's paid?

The only standard Brees fails to meet with any regularity is the HOF standard he set for himself. thanks to beauchristopher for a fact-based, thoughtful response to a pretty dumb question.

If Brees isn't worth his contract, it is simply because QB's should not be that highly paid (and a strong argument could be made that the opposite is true in the modern game). Based on any reasonable comparison to others who are similarly paid for playing QB, he is clearly worth it. Could you imagine this team, with this struggling OL, largely absent run game, and not terribly dynamic WR's without a HOF-class QB? We ain't 10-4.